Wednesday’s low cloud and fresh breeze had provided a chance to further prepare for the coming Vintage Week. Early morning arrivals were greeted by the sight of Supacat’s mobile hospitality…

The call by Thursday duty instructor Mike Sloggett to scrub the day and reschedule to Friday after yet another indifferent weather forecast proved to be a wise decision. The (very)…

In the absence of the usual Wednesday instructors, JB and I stepped in to avoid wasting what looked to be an exciting day based on the forecasts. These suggested a…

As the lyric from a 1979 song goes (with a little bit of adaptation) ‘Didn’t we have a lovely time the day we went to Mendip GC?!’. Although not…

A tail of two ends. The forecast was for a South South East wind which would normally require a long walk to the West end of the field to launch…

The art of predicting the weather (far too many contradicting forecasts) on flying days seems to have eluded most if not all of the Duty Instructors recently, often resulting in…